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  2. Mar 8, 2022 · Subjects of Desire is a 2021 documentary that explores the cultural shift in North American beauty standards towards embracing Black aesthetics and features. It features interviews with women who share their experiences and perspectives on race and beauty, such as India Arie, Jully Black and Rachel Dolezal.

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  3. Subjects of Desire explores how North American culture embraces Black female aesthetics and features, but not the Black women themselves. The film challenges conventional beauty standards and exposes the racism behind them through interviews, historical analysis, and the Miss Black America Pageant.

  4. Black Women + Beauty Standards: A Conversation on Subjects of Desire. “Subjects of Desire is a thought-provoking film that explores how Western beauty standards have shifted to embrace Black women’s aesthetics, but not the Black women who originated those aesthetics.

  5. Subjects of Desire is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jennifer Holness and released in 2021. Nominally jumping off from the 50th anniversary of the Miss Black America pageant in 2018, the film is an exploration of the relationship between African-American and Black Canadian society with the broader cultural concept of beauty standards .

  6. Subjects of Desire explores the cultural shift in North American beauty standards towards embracing Black female aesthetics and features while exposing the deliberate and often dangerous portrayals of Black women in the media.

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  7. Apr 27, 2021 · Directed, written, and produced by Jennifer Holness. A Hungry Eyes Media and TVO production. Subjects of Desire is a timely documentary film that examines the cultural shift in North American...

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    • Hungry Eyes Media Inc.
  8. 100% Tomatometer 9 Reviews. Exploring the cultural shift in North American beauty standards toward embracing Black female aesthetics and features while exposing the deliberate and often dangerous...

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